Appalachian Trail: VA 601 to VA 42
Follow an old gravel road on this 5.7-mile dayhike from Rocky Gap to Kelly Knob where mountain skylines turn fiery pink at sunset.
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Shelters: Laurel Creek Shelter; sleeps 6.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 9.2
Waypoints
ZZZ045
Location: 37.3728485107422, -80.446403503418
Rocky Gap Trail. VA 601
WPT014
Location: 37.3596000671387, -80.3990173339844
Meadow; view
WPT004
Location: 37.359001159668, -80.4216003417969
Trail to shelter
WPT016
Location: 37.3547515869141, -80.393684387207
Stile. AT turns E
WPT011
Location: 37.361400604248, -80.4148483276367
House
WPT006
Location: 37.3594818115234, -80.4208145141602
Water
WPT012
Location: 37.3613319396973, -80.4137649536133
Side trail to the E
WPT010
Location: 37.3610343933106, -80.4146499633789
Campsite. AT turns E @ jct. with trail that travels to old house
WPT007
Location: 37.3596305847168, -80.4206924438476
Stream
WPT043
Location: 37.3734817504883, -80.4397659301758
Johns Creek Mtn. Trail to the W
WPT005
Location: 37.359001159668, -80.4210815429688
Laurel Creek Shelter
WPT047
Location: 37.3555488586426, -80.4413299560547
Campsite
WPT046
Location: 37.3556671142578, -80.4415817260742
Kelly Knob: Amazing views of the valley. The town of Pembroke far in the distance. Sunset falls over the ridge to the R. If the clouds and light are right, you’ll gaze at skies drenched in brilliant pinks and magentas. View is from a fissured rock to the R of the campfire ring
WPT017
Location: 37.3545341491699, -80.3930511474609
Bridge over stream; pasture
WPT013
Location: 37.3596000671387, -80.4001693725586
Stile
WPT015
Location: 37.3542671203613, -80.3946151733398
Stile
ZZZ046
Location: 37.3542518615723, -80.3916168212891
VA 42
WPT018
Location: 37.3542823791504, -80.3918304443359
Stile
WPT044
Location: 37.3580017089844, -80.4420013427734
Old trail
WPT045
Location: 37.3563003540039, -80.4408340454102
Views from Kelly Knob 120 yds. away
WPT009
Location: 37.3611335754394, -80.420166015625
Side trail to the W
WPT008
Location: 37.3609352111816, -80.4207992553711
Small stream